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Testimony
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13301 Bruce B. Downs Blvd.
Tampa, Fl 33612-3807
Phone: (813) 974-5085 or (813) 974-2751
Fax: (813) 974-4699
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Public Testimony
Advisory group and members on children's MH & SA (2:15 – 3:15 pm)
Webcasts: 56kb; 250kb
- Tyrone Backers, executive director of Community Crusade Against Drugs of South Florida, Inc. (CCAD) [presentation; PDF]
Youth drug abuse prevention and community-based networking
- Darryl Olson, director of the Department of Juvenile Justice, Palm Beach County [presentation; PDF]
Juvenile offenders with special educational and/or mental health needs
- Shelley Walker, director of community education, Drug Abuse Foundation, Palm Beach County [handout; PDF]
- Impact of parental substance abuse on children in the system
- Jim Walsh, an attorney with the Juvenile Advocacy Project, Palm Beach Legal Aid
Juvenile justice, mental health court, and therapeutic group homes for kids
- Larry Rein, coordinator of SED/NET (Multiagency Service Network for Children with Severe Emotional Disturbance) of Broward County - [presentation, PDF]
-Informed consent and medications, funding, provider contracting, and stigma
- Doug Hughes, board member, Broward County Commission on Substance Abuse [presentation; PDF]; [presentation, PDF]
- Advocacy for science-based prevention services, a dependency/family Drug Count program, and a pilot program to integrate MHSA funding and services for dually diagnosed clients in Broward County.
- Jean McCrory, parent of 15-year-old son with bipolar disorder, ADHD and anxiety disorder [presentation, PDF]
- Special SED (Severely Emotionally Disturbed) schools in Broward County, and parent education
- Jim Mennes, Dade County Schools
- Mental health services in schools
- Betty Metcalf, psychologist, chair Legislative Committee of SED/NET (Dade County) [presentation; PDF]
- District 11 DCF reorganization problems, funding for SED/NET, advisory committee for children’s MHSA, transition programs, Juvenile justice and children's MH linkages; support for the implementation of the Comprehensive Adolescent and Children’s Mental Health Act.
Public Testimony (3:30 - 5:30) Webcasts: Hour 1 and Hour 2
56kb; 250kb
Joyce Friedman, chair, and Judith Robinson, vice-chair, of Coalition of Florida Advocates for Mentally Ill Individuals, Inc. (COFA-MII, Inc.) [presentation; PDF]
- Staffing concerns, a separate Department of Mental Illness (or Department of Mental Illness and Retardation or Mental Illness and Substance Abuse)
Kate O’Day, vice president of Children’s Home Society of Florida, Inc., [presentation; PDF]
- Public policy issues: services delivery, stigma; DSM-IV; substance abuse services
Mary Armstrong, director, Division of State and Local Support, Dept of Child and Family Studies, The de la Parte Institute,
- Consumer involvement in testimony and decision-making is very important, managed care, Florida KidCare and Florida Healthy Kids, and informal supports.
Beth Piecora, family involvement coordinator, Federation of Families for Children’s Mental Health
- Early intervention; famly involvement .
K. David Daniel, attorney, Soul Builders (Dade County)
children's voices in public hearing; due process for minors; transition services.
Chris Zawisza, attorney& legal director with Children First, Nova University (Broward County)
- Lawsuit litigation and settlement
Brenda Molinaro, Suicide Prevention Network of Florida (SPAN-FL)
- Suicide prevention
Ariela Rodriguez, Ph.D., LCSW, director, health and social services at Little Havana Activities and Nutrition Center of Dade County, Inc., [presentation; PDF]
- Prevention and early intervention services for older adults
Stephen Ferrante, mental health service administrator, Elderly and Veteran’s Services, Human Services Dept. (Broward County) [presentation; PDF]
- Support proposed legislation: A Comprehensive Older Adult Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services Act.
Webcasts (Hour 2):
56kb; 250kb
Evelyn Miller, president of NAMI in Broward County, board memberof NAMI-FL
integration of mental illness and substance abuse services
Stephen Watts, case manager, Advocacy Center
- Person-centered, community-based, and recovery-oriented; stigma; consumers and families be permitted to put on a program for Commissioners.
Anita L Cape of Family Trauma Survivors’ Network [presentation; PDF]
- Separate treatment of those who have developed mental illness due to being traumatized from substance abusers and persons with mental illness.
Gail Bluebird, a consumer advocate and activist
- Consumer voice
William Schneider, coordinator of the Office of Consumer Affairs [presentation; PDF]
- Funding for community services and housing
Gloria Kreiger, a person served by South Florida State Hospital
- SSI funding, occupational courses in state hospitals, literacy, and socialization skills
Lee Kretchmer, attorney, Palm Beach Public Defenders Office
- Labeling and stigma, inappropriate use of Baker Act with children
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